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Inaccurate references to dispute of claim[edit]
It is based on qi ("chi"), which practitioners say is a universal life force, although there is no empirical evidence that such a life force exists.
The above quote claims there is no evidence for "chi", but the citations are only in relation to no scientific evidence supporting the effectiveness of Reiki. Reiki itself is not the defining proof of "chi" and even if Reiki is bunk, "chi" might not be. The above should be edited to something like:
It is based on qi ("chi"), which practitioners say is a universal life force (Link to Chi entry). scientific evidence has failed to confirm the effectiveness of Reiki. 92.24.156.20 (talk) 16:36, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
- Sounds fringey, like there's some other kind of evidence. Bon courage (talk) 17:49, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
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ADD: History of Reiki Mikao Usui is noted as a founder of Reiki. Usui lived in Japan between 1865 and 1926.[1] A memorial to the life of Usui was erected by his students at the Saijoji Temple in the Toyotoma district of Tokyo in 1927.[2] The Usui memorial stone is 10 feet high and 4 feet wide.[3][4][5] Slsample (talk) 17:29, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
References
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikao_Usui
- ^ The Saihoji Temple exact address is: Toyotama district, 1-4-56 Umesato, Suginami Ku, Tokyo
- ^ https://ihreiki.com/reiki_info/reiki_history/usui_mikao/usui_memorial_stone/?v=7516fd43adaa
- ^ https://ihreiki.com/reiki_info/reiki_history/reiki_historical_places/saihoji_temple/?v=7516fd43adaa
- ^ https://www.trip.com/travel-guide/attraction/tokyo/saihji-temple-56007997/
Not done - WP:NOTFORUM. Zefr (talk) 18:04, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
Spiritual Practice or Pseudoscience[edit]
On the page about Mikao Usui, the creator of the practice, Reiki is described as a spiritual practice. However, here on this page it is discussed only as a pseudoscientific healing modality. Either the fact that the practice is also, or perhaps primarily, spiritual path should be acknowledged on the current page, or else a disambiguation landing page is needed. This would avoid confusion because spiritual and scientific practices have different purposes and are evaluated using different criteria and much of the current page is devoted to evaluating Reiki as science only. 2601:183:4601:990:4C8F:3A02:60C8:EBC5 (talk) 02:21, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Most pastors/priests do not pretend to heal people. If they practice faith healing, we rightly lambast them as WP:LUNATICS.
- So, yes, we do have respect for the religion of pastors/priests. But we have absolutely no respect for faith healing. tgeorgescu (talk) 02:33, 15 April 2024 (UTC)